This blog is a testimony to the grace of God in my marriage of 54 years to the most wonderful woman in the world, Judith Ann, my  trophy wife.  I am prompted to write this blog after an incident in the parking lot of our local Costco store.  A man and his wife ( I assume) were just getting…

As a nation we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people in history to walk on the Moon.  What has often been overlooked was the celebration of the Lord’s Supper on the Moon. Aldrin told his pastor that he had “been struggling to…

Millennials who feel they lack some basic life skills can now take “adulting” classes, which are expanding across the country.  The classes teach life skills such as  cooking, budgeting, and time management.  CBS New York reports  young adults are signing up for lessons in person and online. Experts say millennials are behind on these skills because…

My bride and I have gotten into a consistent pattern of going for our daily three mile walk together.  I cannot express how meaningful this has been for my present spiritual journey.  In our transition to senior apartment living as well as finding a new church home, we have had to go about building new relationships. On one…

On our daily walks, Judy and I  often meet others on the Paul Bunyan trail.  One day we met Trent.  He is friendly and engaging millennial.  When we first met we would exchange pleasantries.  Now our conversations takes more time.  I am asking Trent more about his life story.  One day I noticed he was wearing a New England Patriot jersey.  He was number…

Recently I ran across a review of Bruce Springsteen’s new album entitled “Western Stars.”  I down loaded the music. He sure is able to express the deep angst in the souls of brokenhearted men. The songs are the stories of older men.  The reviewer, Stephen Klugewicz, writes, “The men of Western Stars are Everyman; they are all of us. They are…

The Vatican recently released a statement criticizing the culture of gender fluidity and reaffirming a Biblical view of  biological sex.  The official statement, titled “Male and Female He Created Them,” maintains gender fluidity is “often founded on nothing more than a confused concept of freedom in the realm of feelings and wants, or momentary desires provoked by emotional impulses…

I have been going through a less then peaceful  transition, moving from a lake home to a senior apartment complex in Baxter, Mn.  For many in our apartment the transition has been smooth, but not for yours truly.  I do not like the way I have been responding,  but it is the truth.  I write about my experience…

Men, did you know that a third of the palms are laments or complaints to God.  (Here is a good sampling: 3, 6, 13, 16, 22., 31, 57,  56, 102, 142). They are a cry from the heart.  I want to highly recommend praying the laments.  Laments give expression to some of deepest, most personal and most…

David French recently wrote about what he called a “man box.”  “…… increasingly boys and young men are being taught that there is something wrong with their essential nature.  That it is their task to deny it and suppress it.  That their nature is incompatible with modern life, and that it’s dangerous, especially to women and…